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The Fifth Circuit Has Already Issued A Stay On This Ridiculous Ruling In The NOLA Criminal Clerk Case

There are no worthwhile federal judges working in the Middle District of Louisiana at present. That’s actually been true for quite a while – the Western District of Louisiana is fu...

Fifth Circuit Appeals Court ruling halts Calvin Duncan from taking office Monday

Moments after Calvin Duncan assumed his seat as Clerk of Criminal Court for Orleans Parish, a decision from a federal appeals was announced.

Full Fifth Circuit Nixes Block on Texas SB 4 — the ‘Border Crimes’ Law

In his concurrence, Judge James Ho concluded that SB 4 was within the scope of Texas’s “war power”, and thus excluded from judicial review.

U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issues stay against mail-order access to abortion pill

BATON ROUGE - A three-judge panel for the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Louisiana and issued a stay preventing access to the abortion pill Mifepristone by m...

11th Circuit Rejects Trump II ‘Mass Detention’ Policy for Illegal Entrants

The 11th Circuit majority in Alvarez joined the Second Circuit in nixing the Trump II “mass detention” policy. That puts the 11th Circuit and its northern sister court at odds with...

5th Circ. Wary To Flip IP Suit's 'Case-Terminating Sanctions'

A Fifth Circuit panel seemed skeptical of a bid to undo "case-terminating sanctions" that a lower court leveled against a servicing company accused of stealing Philips North Americ...

U.S. Fifth Circuit suspends mail distribution of abortion drugs, requires in-person dispensing

A three-judge panel on the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals suspended former President Joe Biden administration's 2023 Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) for mifep...

Texas Scores Border Security Victory With New Decision by 5th Circuit

Mississippi 340B law upheld by appeals court in two cases

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit April 9 affirmed rulings by a Mississippi district court that rejected requests by Novartis and PhRMA to enjoin enforcement of the sta...

Murrill takes abortion drug fight to U.S. Fifth Circuit

(By Chris Dickerson/Legal Newsline, via The Center Square) – Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office has filed a motion with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to halt a Bi...

Ten Commandments In Schools Law Upheld, As Fifth Circuit Declares ‘Thou Shalt Not Confuse Us With Facts’

Fifth Circuit comes right out and says that their version of 'history' is not about facts. The post Ten Commandments In Schools Law Upheld, As Fifth Circuit Declares ‘Thou Shalt No...

Shocking: Fifth Circuit affirms disgorgement award based on willful infringement

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a finding of trademark infringement and unfair competition under the Lanham Act and Texas law, upholding an award of profits...

Shocking: Fifth Circuit affirms disgorgement award based on willful infringement

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a finding of trademark infringement and unfair competition under the Lanham Act and Texas law, upholding an award of profits...

Fifth Circuit Remands Order Dismissing Claims Brought Under Reinsurance Intermediary Authorization Agreement

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed in part and reversed in part an order dismissing plaintiff Porch.com’s breach of contract claims brought under a reinsurance interme...

Hey, Fifth Circuit: Keep John Leland’s Name Out of Your Mouth!

On Tuesday (April 21), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned previous rulings to say the state of Texas can force public schools to post a highly edited version of the Ten...

5th Circuit Panel Blocks 2023 Mifepristone Telemedicine Approval

This case will go to the Supreme Court very quickly.

5th Circ. Reverses Injunction In $4.7M Golf Cart TM Dispute

The Fifth Circuit has rejected a challenge to a Texas federal court's award of $4.7 million to a golf cart battery maker in a trademark infringement lawsuit but found that an injun...

Fifth Circuit Rules Employee’s Conduct, Not Pregnancy, Drove Firing

On May 11, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of an employer on claims of pregnancy discrimination under Title VII of the Civi...

5th Circuit allows Texas to require Ten Commandments in classrooms

The ruling sets up a likely Supreme Court battle over whether the Texas law violates the constitutional separation of church and state.

Venue Spat: 5th Circuit Sides With Google in Moving Antitrust Case to California

Judge James Ho, joined by Judge Catharina Haynes, wrote that the speed consideration should not have single-handedly overridden factors supporting transfer, such as Google's conten...

Fifth Circuit Delivers UNANIMOUS Victory for Trump on Immigration — Court REFUSES Rehearing, Upholds Authority to Detain...

The U.S. The post Fifth Circuit Delivers UNANIMOUS Victory for Trump on Immigration — Court REFUSES Rehearing, Upholds Authority to Detain Illegal Aliens During Deportation appeare...

Arbitration in the Fifth – March 2026

In March 2026, the Northern District of Texas considered the requirements for a “reasoned award” in LGC Global Inc. v. Eagle Contracting LLC. The Eastern District of Louisiana enfo...

Fifth Circuit Allows Texas to Require Public Schools to Display Ten Commandments

In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court expressly abandoned the Lemon Test, which had been used by the Court to determine whether an Establishment Clause violation of the First Amendment o...

Federal court upholds Texas law requiring Ten Commandments in public classrooms

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled in favor of a Texas law mandating Ten Commandments be displayed in all public schools.